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 Ground realities

The importance of groundwater as a source of irrigation and the role of traditional methods in conserving it should be given due credit

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30/08/1997
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 Earnest endeavours

West Bengal s women panchayat members have become the torchbearers of rural development programmes in the state

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30/08/1997
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 Die hard

Identified a century ago and viciously attacked by pesticides and drugs, the Anopheles mosquito and the malarial parasite still survive to prey on humanity

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30/08/1997
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 Mind over matter over

the working of the human brain, the evolution of life from the primordial soup of chemicals and the unpredictability of weather are some well-known examples of complex systems. Most researchers in

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14/08/1997
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 For government s eyes only

The Indian official machinery has excelled for 50 years in keeping secrets. But with the right to information campaign gaining momentum, people may soon be in the know

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14/08/1997
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 Hearty news

matters of the heart may altogether take a different turn with the possibility of the human heart being manufactured in the laboratory. Gail Naughton, president of Advanced Tissue Sciences ( ats

Publication Date: 
14/08/1997
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Health Effects, Medical Research, United States Of America (US)
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 Alive, but a hostage

NGO leader Sanjoy Ghosh, abducted by Assamese separatists, is reported to be alive

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14/08/1997
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 SPOTLIGHT

Catch 'em young What have been the achievements of independent India and how much further does the country need to go to fulfill the dreams and aspirations of her people? To commemorate the 50th

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14/08/1997
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 Nitrogen turns sour

Rising levels of nitrogen in soils are increasing global warming

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14/08/1997
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Chemical Fertilisers, Global Warming, Environmental Science, United States Of America (US)
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 Retracing footprints

It was the summer of 1987 in Devdungri, a village near Bhim in Rajasamand district of Rajasthan. Aruna Roy who had worked with a social work organisation in Tilonia after resigning from the Indian

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14/08/1997
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